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96 year-old activist is pride of Caritas Valencia volunteers
Ninety six year-old Clotilde Veniel is the oldest Caritas volunteer in the Spanish Archdiocese of Valencia. She visits the sick... Read more
Turkish bishops move up beginning of Pauline Year to June 22
The official Vatican daily “L’Osservatore Romano” has reported that the bishops of Turkey have decided to move up the beginning... Read more
Indoctrination is real danger of Education for Citizenship, says bishop
Bishop Jose Sanchez Gonzalez of Siguenza-Guadalajara in Spain said this week the greatest danger and most important reason for rejecting... Read more
Objections to Education for Citizenship in Madrid reach 10,000
A spokesman for Professionals for Ethics in Madrid, Maria Angeles Eyries, said this week the number of parents who have... Read more
Small Catholic community endures in western Russia
A French missionary has told the international Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) that the Catholic minority... Read more
Catholic teachers must share the faith with their lives, says Spanish cardinal
The Archbishop of Toledo, Cardinal Antonio Canizares Llovera, said this week teachers at Catholic schools must not only “transmit the... Read more
Catholic adoption agency to close due to pro-homosexual British law
A Catholic adoption agency in Britain has ended its service of placing children in new homes because a new anti-discrimination... Read more
British baby survives abortion attempt
A woman whose child survived an abortion attempt has now welcomed her baby into her life. Read more
English Catholics to hold Mass to show solidarity with Iraqi Christians
The Lord's Prayer will be read in Aramaic at a special Mass celebrated by Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor at Westminster Cathedral... Read more
Polish programs support the same-sex attracted in chaste living
Church-contected programs in Poland are ministering to people with same-sex attractions, encouraging them to live chaste lives amid their sufferings... Read more
Family Forum says Spanish Health Minister should listen to victims of abortion
The president of the Spanish Forum on the Family, Benigno Blanco, said this week that Spain’s Health Minister, Bernat Soria,... Read more
Bishops call for stop to implementation of Education for Citizenship
The bishops of the dioceses of Galicia in northern Spain are defending the rights of parents to “determine the moral... Read more
British official punished for refusing to perform homosexual “weddings”
A British civil servant has requested permission from a London labor court to be exempted from celebrating gay “marriages” based... Read more
Cardinal Murphy-O’Connor shows youth 'pointers to hope'
Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor, the Archbishop of Westminster, on Wednesday addressed an international gathering of youth at the opening of the... Read more
Police threaten Christians for preaching in Muslim communities in Britain
British police said they will not apologize to two Christian preachers who were threatened with arrest by a Muslim police... Read more
Cardinal O’Brien proposes coherent pro-life stand for UK
On Wednesday Cardinal Keith O’Brien, Archbishop of Glasgow, spoke with members of Parliament at a reception at the Scotland Office. ... Read more
Catholic MP fights to reduce 24-week abortion limit
The fight against abortion continues in the UK, according to the catholic MP who tabled an amendment under the Human... Read more
Liberals in Belgium propose euthanasia for children and persons with dementia
The Liberal Party in Belgium has put forth a measure that would expand the country’s euthanasia law passed in 2002... Read more
Textbook for 15 year-olds in Spain attacks the Church
The association Educacion y Persona has denounced a new textbook that aggressively attacks the Church and supports abortion and is... Read more
Oldest bishop in the world turns 102
The oldest bishop in the world, Bishop Antonio Rosario Mennonna, has celebrated his 102nd birthday with a special Mass in... Read more
